Nikolaus Senn (22 October 1926 – 2 November 2014) was a Swiss

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, economist and banker.

Life

Nikolaus Senn studied since 1945

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and

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at the

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and

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(promotion in 1950), and finished his education as advocate in 1951 in St. Gallen. In May 1951 Nikolaus Senn started an internship at the former ''

Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) was a Swiss Investment banking, investment bank and financial services company located in Switzerland. The bank, which at the time was the second largest bank in Switzerland, merged with Swiss Bank Corporation in ...

'' (SBG). From 1961 to 1996 he was a member of the executive board, later member of the directors board of the SBG. After eight years as board member, he retired in 1996 and on 16 April 1996 by the general assembly was given the title ''honorary president'' of the

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.''Tagesschau Hauptausgabe'', SRF 1, 5 November 2014 After his retirement, Senn was a sought-after discussion partner in the media on UBS issues.''Boni der Bankmanager unter Beschuss.''
In: NZZ Online vom 17. Oktober 2008.

Politics

Although he held no political office, Nikolaus Senn was an opponent of

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and forced his deselection from the SBG's board of directors, as well he argued forcefully against a takeover of the majority shareholding by Martin Ebner's BZ group.

References

External links

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Nikolaus Senn on the website of the Swiss Television